OPTIMIZING STUDENTS’ READING COMPREHENSION OF DESCRIPTIVE TEXT THROUGH E-LEARNING METHOD WITH WHATSAPP APPLICATION AT STUDENTS OF SMA NEGERI 1 BUKO

Yustira Kharlina Tangiduk,Rinny Rorimpandey,Nurmin Samola

doi:10.53682/eclue.v9i1.1711

Abstract

This study aims to determine whether the E-learning method can be effective in optimizing students' reading comprehension of descriptive text with WhatsApp Application. This research was conducted in class X MIA 1 SMA Negeri 1 Buko in the academic year of 2020/2021. This study used one group-pretest-postest design of research with the data analysis were the frequency distribution of scores, mean and standard deviation. The questions from the pretest and posttest used the type of multiple choice questions with questions about the descriptive text. From this result, it was found that the mean of posttest Y = 7.8 with standard deviation Sy = 0.79 was higher than mean score at pretest X = 5.33 with standard deviation Sx = 0.89. It means that students' reading comprehension in descriptive text was higher after treatment at posttest than pretest. So the researcher concluded that the application of the E-learning method through WhatsApp application was effective in optimizing students' reading comprehension of descriptive text.

Highlights

Corona disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by coronavirus
Encourage researcher to conduct research on Optimizing Students’ Reading Comprehension of Descriptive Text Through ELearning Method with WhatsApp Application, with the purpose of this research is to prove the effectiveness of e-learning method in reading comprehension of descriptive text with WhatsApp Application at ten grade students of SMA Negeri 1 Buko
That 20 valid questions are obtained dan 5 unvalid questions. - Reliability test Reliability test is carried out to measure the level of accuracy and consistency of measuring instruments so that the results can be trusted

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Corona disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by coronavirus. Most people infected with the COVID-19 virus will experience respiratory disease, the spread of this virus mainly through droplets of saliva that come out of the nose when an infected person coughs or sneezes (WHO, 2020). It is is established as a pandemic by WHO which was previously only designated as an endemic disease (Ghebreyesus, 2020). Policies emerged from the government, especially the minister of education in addressing the problems that arise, so that the learning process is not hampered. Mousazadeh Somayeh et al said that e-learning is a learning process where students who conduct their own training to achieve educational goals based on their own talents, they learn how to learn, which is one of educational goals (Mouzasadeh Somaye, 2016)

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